16,992 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.5% since 2020)
4,497 square miles of land · 4 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
22 active community water systems list La Paz County in the area they serve, reporting 14,574 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| QUARTZSITE TOWN OF groundwater · private · AZ0415346 | 2,761 served |
| EPCOR - LAKESIDE surface water · private · AZ0415010 | 1,775 served |
| CS HARRISBURG UTILITY COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0415029 | 1,759 served |
| EPCOR - MOOVALYA KEYS surface water · private · AZ0415006 | 1,298 served |
| CS Q MOUNTAIN WATER COMPANY groundwater · private · AZ0415096 | 1,224 served |
| EHRENBERG IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT surface water · private · AZ0415497 | 989 served |
| EPCOR - HOLIDAY HARBOR surface water · private · AZ0415058 | 559 served |
| EPCOR - MARINA VILLAGE surface water · private · AZ0415011 | 528 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 147 people were held in La Paz County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 1,921 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 115.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
6 school districts have their office in La Paz County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $24.9 million — $22.6 million to run schools, about $13,125 per student, plus $2.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.1 million local (mostly property tax), $12.4 million state, $14.2 million federal.
Spent $4 million — $2.1 million to run schools, about $15,336 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $845,000 local (mostly property tax), $693,000 state, $201,000 federal.
Spent $2.4 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $19,079 per student, plus $45,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2 million local (mostly property tax), $263,000 state, $508,000 federal.
Spent $2.5 million — $2.4 million to run schools, about $19,024 per student, plus $156,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $637,000 state, $921,000 federal.
Spent $1.8 million — $1.7 million to run schools, about $21,063 per student, plus $123,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1 million local (mostly property tax), $639,000 state, $519,000 federal.
Spent $1.7 million — $1.1 million to run schools, about $24,045 per student, plus $687,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $962,000 local (mostly property tax), $143,000 state, $179,000 federal.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost La Paz County about $27.5 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
306 bridges in La Paz County: 192 in good condition, 104 fair, and 10 poor (3.3%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| IRR BIA RTE 1 over MAIN DRAIN · built 1962 | 3,000 vehicles a day |
| US 60 over Centennial Wash · built 1934 | 2,097 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 30 over LATERAL CANAL NO 90 · built 1969 | 280 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 30 over MAIN DRAIN · built 1963 | 280 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 34 over MAIN DRAIN · built 1963 | 270 vehicles a day |
| IRR BIA RTE 56 over MAIN DRAIN · built 1968 | 165 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $61.7 million of work in La Paz County in fiscal 2025, about $3,728 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-30. Last day to request a ballot by mail: 2026-10-23. Last suggested day to mail your ballot back: 2026-10-27. Election Day: 2026-11-03.
Source: Arizona Secretary of State, Sept. 4, 2026 · Arizona Secretary of State — 2025–2026 master elections calendar (PDF) · Arizona Secretary of State — election calendar
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Nearby counties: Yuma County (66 mi) · Imperial County, CA (89 mi) · Maricopa County (92 mi) · Yavapai County (105 mi) · Riverside County, CA (113 mi) · Mohave County (138 mi).